Dispute and Split

Dispute

Dispute noun - Variance of opinion on a matter.

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Split and dispute are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Split" instead a noun "Dispute".

Split noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.

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Dispute and split are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dispute" instead a noun "Split".

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

long	long dispute	long split
similar	similar dispute	similar split
brief	brief dispute	brief split
original	original dispute	original split
Other adjectives: single, nasty, entire, big, serious, huge, infamous, major, political, final, last, recent, four-way.

country	dispute country	split country
story	dispute story	split story

Vandread has a curious variation on this: set in the far future, the male and female crew of a colonization mission got into a dispute and split up, resulting in one planet in the system populated entirely by males, the other entirely by females.

Source: All Lesbians Want Kids
Eberron had the kingdom Galifar, which split into five nations due to a succession dispute.

Source: Balkanize Me
The reason for the split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam was a dispute over who should have succeeded Muhammad as Caliph.

Source: Succession Crisis

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